A private notebook of restaurants you like — not a public review site. Version 0.18.0.

Sign in

• Open www.mydinelog.com on your phone or computer browser.
• Use the user ID and password you were given. A user ID can be a name or an email.
• If this is your first login with a temporary password, you will be asked to choose your own (at least 6 characters).
• You can change your password later under ⋯ → Settings.
• ⋯ → Settings → Search areas is the only saved default. One city per line as City, ST. Blank City for search uses these cities only.
• Share/Save this to your home screen to save it as a Webapp.

Add a restaurant

• Tap + Add place.
• Type the name. Enter or Search runs Yelp. Pick a match; the list closes.
• City for search empty → Yelp searches your Settings cities. Fill City, ST (or tap Here) → Yelp searches only that city. Here is not saved as a GPS pin.
• A city in the name counts only after a comma: Schmidt’s, Columbus, OH. Schmidt’s Columbus is just a name.
• This fills cuisine, address, phone, and website. Fix any field, then your 1–10 score.
• Set how the restaurant accepts reservations: OpenTable, Resy, Tock, TableAgent, website, or call.
• Save.

The list

• Search the box at the top. Sort by your rating, name, date added, or last visit.
• Filter by cuisine, Favorite, or Want to go. Favorite and Want to go can both be on; All clears them. Tap × to clear cuisine.
• Each card shows the name, ♥ / ⚑, your score, cuisine and city, last visit, and links.
• Map, Website, Call, the reservation app, and Share open outside DineLog so the home-screen app stays put.
• Yelp rating on the restaurant page is read-only (from Search). A Yelp chip opens the listing when one exists.

Visits, tags, and share

• ♥ on a card is a favorite. ⚑ is Want to go. A place can be both.
• Share on one card (phone) sends the name, your score, cuisine, last visit, visit count, and full address.
• Share list on a phone shares compact lines with a blank line between places. On a computer use ⋯ → Settings → Export CSV.
• Print list (and Settings → Print report) opens a table. Use the browser Print / Save as PDF.
• ⋯ → Settings → Export data backup / Import data backup is the full backup file.
• Add a visit opens a page for date, who went, dishes, notes, and cost. Tap a visit to edit, then Save the restaurant.

Sync and backup

• Changes save to the server for your account. ⋯ → Sync from server reloads your list.
• ⋯ → Settings → Export data backup downloads a full backup. Export CSV is the spreadsheet.

iPhone tips

• Add to Home Screen from Safari, not Chrome, for the full-screen app.
• Use www.mydinelog.com when you add it, so login and sync stay on one address.
• If a page goes blank after an update, close the app from the app switcher and open it again.

What’s new and what’s next

• What’s new — shipped changes, newest first (now 0.18.0).
• Upcoming — photos on visits, a map, and a place to email an idea or a bug.

What’s new · Upcoming features

Email a bug or idea